[81597] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [NON-OPERATIONAL] Re: NANOG Evolution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Li)
Tue Jun 21 01:22:58 2005
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:18:41 -0700
From: Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li>
To: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com>
Cc: vijay gill <vgill@vijaygill.com>,
Daniel Golding <dgolding@burtongroup.com>, nanog@merit.edu,
nanog-support@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <A206819EF47CBE4F84B5CB4A303CEB7A52157A@dul1wnexmb01.vcorp.ad.vrsn.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>>Members aren't looking for Operator experience (sic). Members are
>>looking for talks that do not suck.
>
> (sic) is a matter of interpretation, and, you already said the talks
> suck. The PC said they don't get enough talks. Some of the talks are
> going to be filler.
Put more constructively, the PC is in need of talks that are
relevant
intelligent
technical, or techy enough to be of interest
not too long
not too short
not too obscure
not marketing blather
not vendor pitches (but *neutral* "white papers" might be ok)
It is true that the PC will not get enough of these if it continues to
rely on contributions. Which of us *wants* to present? Public speaking
is the number one common fear, bar none. Part of the job of the PC,
therefore, will be to solicit, cajole, bribe, lie, cheat, steal, extort,
embarass, flatter, and guilt people into making presentations. Thus, it
would appear that prime qualifications are:
a) ability to distinguish presentations of the class above, and
b) ability to convince such presentations to come to the podium
One voter's opinion,
Tony
p.s. No, I'm not a candidate. If elected, I will not serve. ;-)
